plural of fossa

(anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. / (astronomy) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.

A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands.

plural of fossa (the mammal)

plural of suprainiac fossa

(anatomy, neuroanatomy) A rhombus-shaped depression that is the anterior part of the fourth ventricle of the brain

(anatomy) A depression on the occipital below the inion.

(anatomy) A large, smooth, concave surface on the internal surface of the ilium.

(anatomy) The hollow at the end of the scapula into which fits the humerus to make the shoulder joint

(anatomy) A small triangular space beneath the apex of the orbit that is bounded above by the sphenoid bone and the orbital process of the palatine bone, in front by the maxilla, medially by the palatine bone, and behind by the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and that contains among other structures the pterygopalatine ganglion.